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Monsters Look to Even the Score Against Stockton

In the second of four meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, proud affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, drop the puck vs. the Stockton Heat, AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, on Friday with full coverage, live from The Q, underway at 7:00 pm on SportsTime Ohio, Alt 99.1, and the Monsters Hockey Network.

MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 3-6 home loss to the Stockton Heat on Wednesday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 17-28-4-3 on the season. With a .394 points percentage, the Monsters currently rank seventh in the AHL’s Central Division standings and 15th in the Western Conference standings. Cleveland is led in scoring by C Carter Camper (11-29-40), C Alex Broadhurst (15-14-29), and LW Terry Broadhurst (12-12-24).

HEAT PRE-SCOUT: In the wake of a 6-3 road win over the Monsters on Wednesday, the Stockton Heat enter tonight’s game at 25-17-2-3 overall this season. With a .585 points percentage, the Heat currently rank third in the AHL’s Pacific Division standings and sixth in the Western Conference. Stockton is led in scoring by LW Andrew Mangiapane (19-23-42), D Rasmus Andersson (7-26-33), and D Tyler Wotherspoon (6-25-31).

SEASON SERIES: Wednesday marks the second of four meetings between the Monsters and Heat this season. Head-to-head vs. Stockton, Cleveland is 0-1-0-0 both overall and at home with a -3 head-to-head goal differential (3/6).

MONSTERS GOALTENDERS

Matiss Kivlenieks

OVERALL:

31 GP, (10-16-2), 0 SO, 3.10 GAA, .891 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(9/13) in first 40:00 of 3-6 L vs STK (2/21/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 6.00 GAA, .692 SV%

AT HOME:

15 GP, (6-7-1), 0 SO, .893 SV%

Ivan Kulbakov

OVERALL:

7 GP, (0-4-0), 0 SO, 3.95 GAA, .865 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(4/5) in 20:00 of relief in 3-6 L vs STK (2/21/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

1 GP, (0-0-0), 0 SO, 3.02 GAA, .800 SV%

AT HOME:

4 GP, (0-2-0), 0 SO, .859 SV%

Joonas Korpisalo

OVERALL:

7 GP, (2-4-1), 1 SO, 2.15 GAA, .928 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(16/19) in 2-4 L vs MB (2/9/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

N/A

AT HOME:

4 GP, (1-3-0), 0 SO, .901 SV%

HEAT GOALTENDERS

Tyler Parsons

OVERALL:

5 GP, (1-2-0), 0 SO, 3.64 GAA, .878 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(22/27) in 4-5 L at MIL (2/11/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

N/A

AT HOME:

2 GP, (1-1-0), 0 SO, .885 SV%

Mason McDonald

OVERALL:

3 GP, (3-0-0), 0 SO, 2.60 GAA, .899 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(21/24) in 6-3 W at CLE (2/21/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .875 SV%

AT HOME:

1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .875 SV%

Ryan Faragher

OVERALL:

20 GP, (10-7-1), 2 SO, 2.77 GAA, .903 SV%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(28/31) in ID (ECHL) 4-3 SOW at COL (ECHL) (2/9/18)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

N/A

AT HOME:

N/A

KEYS TO SUCCESS:

LOCAL BOY: Northeast Ohio native Carter Camper continues to lead the Monsters in scoring and is supplying points at a better than one per game pace over his last five appearances (1-6-7) and his past ten games played (3-8-11).

JOLTIN’ JORDAN: Monsters LW Jordan Schroeder posted a pair of goals in Cleveland’s 6-3 loss to Stockton on Wednesday. Currently in the midst of a three-game point streak (3-2-5), Schroeder has six points (3G, 3A) to his credit in his past five games played.

MR.ANDERSSON: Heat D Rasmus Andersson led the charge for Stockton on Wednesday scoring one goal and three points and currently ranks in the AHL’s top-five among defensemen in points (33, 5th) and assists (26, 3rd).

Please set aside extra time for parking and commuting to today’s Monsters game. Due to construction and the Transformation of Quicken Loans Arena, Huron Road has been reduced to two lanes and delays are expected. If parking in Gateway East Garage, we strongly suggest prepaying to save time and reserve a space. For further information, visit http://theqtransformation.com/.

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